2:00 p.m. - City Council convenes in City Council Chambers in Work Session regarding items for presentation and discussion on such issues that may require in-depth consideration by the City Council. No action will be taken by the City Council in Work Session.
2. Hear and discuss presentations regarding the following and provide guidance to staff as appropriate.
1. Hold an executive session in accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 551.071, with legal counsel for advice about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement agreement and on matters in which the duty of the attorney under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct conflicts with Chapter 551.
2. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code § 551.071, seeking the advice of its legal counsel about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers and hold a consultation with the attorney on matters in which the duty of the attorney to the Electric Utility Board under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code: (i) Certificate of Convenience and Necessity issues, including but not limited to Public Utility Commission Docket Nos. 48909 related to Order issued in the Application of the City of Lubbock through Lubbock Power & Light for Authority to Connect a Portion of its System with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Public Utility Commission Docket No. 47576; (ii) real property processes and acquisitions; (iii) legal issues regarding easement(s) herein listed on the agenda.
3. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code § 551.072, to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, and value of real property, regarding Lubbock Power & Light transmission and distribution easements (Electric Utility Easements).
4. Hold an executive session in accordance with the Texas Government Code, Section 551.074, to discuss personnel matters, the appointment, employment, evaluation or reassignment of the following:
5. Hold an executive session in accordance with Texas Government Code 551.074, to discuss personnel matters, regarding the duties, responsibilities, and/or appointments to the Electric Utility Board.
Adjourn from Executive Session
4:30 p.m. - City Council reconvenes in Open Session in City Council Chambers.
1. June 15, 2020 Special City Council Meeting - Electric Utility Board July 2, 2020 Special City Council Meeting - Electric Utility Board July 14, 2020 Regular City Council Meeting
1. Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance No. 2020-O00097, Amendment 29, amending the FY 2019-20 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Grant Fund to accept and appropriate funding from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) and Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and for Community Services Block Grant State Discretionary Funds Grant Program; and respecting the operating budget for Market Lubbock, Inc. (MLI) - Lubbock Convention and Visitors Bureau (Visit Lubbock), and MLI - Lubbock Sports Authority; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.
2. Budget Ordinance Amendment - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance Amendment 30, amending the FY 2019-20 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Grant Fund to accept and appropriate funding from the Texas Department of State Health Services for COVID-19 Grant Program; providing for filing; providing for a savings clause and providing for passage on first reading as an emergency.
3. Budget Ordinance Amendment - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance Amendment 31, amending the FY 2019-20 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the General Fund and the Capital Fund to establish Capital Improvement Project 92672, Parking Garage; amend Capital Improvement Project 92369, Municipal Facilities Replacements/Renovations, amend Capital Improvement Project 92551, Public Safety Improvements, providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.
4. Resolution - Purchasing and Contract Management: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Intergovermental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement 15427, with the State of Oklahoma’s Office of Management Enterprise Services (OMES), to provide savings on products purchased by governmental entities.
5. Ordinance 1st Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider an ordinance abandoning and closing a 50-foot wide temporary drainage easement located in Section 30, Block AK, Lubbock County, Texas, 7726 Milwaukee Avenue.
6. Ordinance 1st Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider an ordinance abandoning and closing a 64-foot drainage easement located in Section 10, Block JS, Lubbock County, Texas, east of 1111 Upland Avenue, for a new development.
7. Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 15325, with Red River Construction, Co., for the construction of the Southeast Water Reclamation Plant - Plant 3 Improvements.
8. Resolution - Public Health Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 364372, for the purchase of laboratory equipment and supplies from Cepheid, for the City of Lubbock Health Department, due to an emergency.
9. Resolution - Community Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Community Development Funding Contract 15412 and all related documents, with Catholic Charities, Diocese of Lubbock, for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES Act) (“CSBG-CV”) grant administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) to provide rental assistance to low-income households affected by COVID-19.
10. Resolution - Community Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Community Development Funding Contract 15414 and all related documents, with Lutheran Social Services of the South, Inc. (LSSS), for the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) and Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES Act) (“CEAP-CV”) grant administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), to provide immediate utility assistance to low-income persons and households affected by COVID-19.
11. Resolution - Community Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Community Development Funding Contract 15364 and all related documents, with Planks A/C - Heat, to provide CEAP Heating and Cooling Unit Services Repair or Replacement to qualified low-income persons and families through the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA).
12. Resolution - Aviation: Consider a resolution rejecting all bids for the Terminal Apron Rehabilitation Project at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.
14. Resolution - Public Transit Services: Consider a resolution ratifying the actions of the Chief Financial Officer in executing a FY 2018, 2019, and 2020 Federal Transit Administration Section 5310 Grant (TX-2020-139-00) for Citibus, to help enhance the mobility of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.
15. Resolution - Facilities Management: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 15255, with AMCO Electric, for minor electrical repair services needed in City facilities.
16. Resolution - Facilities Management: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 15231, with Meers Pest Solutions, for pest control services for various City facilities.
17. Resolution - Lubbock Power & Light: Consider a resolution approving the Electric Utility Easement from the High Plains Water Conservation District #1, consisting of 55 square feet, located at the north 3.92 feet of the west 7.13 feet of Lot Two (2), Block Twelve (12), and the north 3.92 feet of the east 6.87 feet of Lot Three (3), Block Twelve (12), Burleson and Osborn Addition to the City of Lubbock, according to the map, plat and/or dedicated deed thereof recorded in Volume 325, Page 297, Deed Records of Lubbock County, Texas, to the City of Lubbock and compensation of same.
18. Resolution - Lubbock Power & Light: Consider a resolution approving the Electric Utility Easement from 168 Chicago L.P., d/b/a/ “The Fountains”, consisting of a 0.1808 acre tract located in Tract “A”, Fountains Addition, described in Volume 1844, Page 730, Deed Records of Lubbock County, and Tract “A” Newman Addition, described in Volume 1323, Page 752, Deed Records of Lubbock County, to the City of Lubbock and compensation of same.
19. Resolutions - City Manager: Consider two resolutions authorizing the City Manager of the City of Lubbock to execute those certain Route Consent Agreements by and between the City of Lubbock and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, regarding the modification to the Wadsworth-New Oliver-Farmland 345 kV electric transmission line route approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“PUC”) in PUC Docket No. 48909, across two tracts of land: 1) the City of Lubbock’s South Water Treatment Plant, located in Section 72, Block S, T.T. R.R. Co. Survey, Abstract No. 1382, and being a part of a tract of land described in a General Warranty Deed and Assignment of Lease to the City of Lubbock, recorded in Document No. 2008038584 of the official public records of Lubbock County, Texas; and 2) the City of Lubbock’s Hancock Land Application Site, located in League 3, Wilson County School Land Survey, Abstract No. 112, Lynn County, Texas, and being a part of a tract of land described as Tract 3 in League 3 of Exhibit “A” in a General Warranty Deed to the City of Lubbock, recorded in Volume 327, Page 264, of the official public records of Lynn County, Texas.
21. Resolution - City Secretary: Consider a resolution adopting a voting system for use in any one or more elections ordered by the City of Lubbock, at all Early Voting and Election Day polling locations in Lubbock County.
23. Board Appointments - City Secretary: Consider a resolution confirming the City Manager's appointment of Jimmy Castillo to the Civil Service Commission.
6. Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning: Consider Ordinance No. 2020-O0099, for Zone Case 0744-A, a request of Hugo Reed and Associates, Inc. for Audrey Daniel, for a zone change to Light Manufacturing District (M-1) from Single-Family District (R-1) at 7404 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 1508 East 74th Street, located north of East 76th Street and west of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Trigg Heights Addition, Block 1, Lots 1 and 2.
7. Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning: Consider Ordinance No. 2020-O0100, for Zone Case 3412, a request of Hugo Reed and Associates, Inc. for Ford Development, for a zone change to Two-Family District (R-2) from Transition District (T), located north of Marsha Sharp Freeway and south of 50th Street, between Milwaukee Avenue and Upland Avenue, on 20.9 acres of unplatted land out of Block AK, Section 35.
8. Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning: Consider Ordinance No. 2020-O0101, for Zone Case 3413, a request of Stace Jones for Tom and Brenda Jones, for a zone change to Local Retail District (C-2) from High-Density Apartment District (A-2) and Two-Family District (R-2) at 2430, 2431, and 2434 25th Street, 2501, 2505, and 2509 University Avenue, 2433 26th Street, and 2430 and 2434 27th Street, located along the east side of University Avenue, extending from the north side of 25th Street to the north side of 27th Street, College Park Addition, Block 3, Lots 19-22, Wonderland Addition, Block 1, Lots 6-10 and Block 2, Lots 6-8, Deerwood Addition, Block 1, Lots 15-18.
2:00 p.m. - City Council convenes in City Council Chambers in Work Session regarding items for presentation and discussion on such issues that may require in-depth consideration by the City Council. No action will be taken by the City Council in Work Session.
2. Hear and discuss presentations regarding the following and provide guidance to staff as appropriate.
1. Hold an executive session in accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 551.071, with legal counsel for advice about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement agreement and on matters in which the duty of the attorney under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct conflicts with Chapter 551.
2. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code § 551.071, seeking the advice of its legal counsel about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers and hold a consultation with the attorney on matters in which the duty of the attorney to the Electric Utility Board under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code: (i) Certificate of Convenience and Necessity issues, including but not limited to Public Utility Commission Docket Nos. 48909 related to Order issued in the Application of the City of Lubbock through Lubbock Power & Light for Authority to Connect a Portion of its System with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Public Utility Commission Docket No. 47576; (ii) real property processes and acquisitions; (iii) legal issues regarding easement(s) herein listed on the agenda.
3. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code § 551.072, to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, and value of real property, regarding Lubbock Power & Light transmission and distribution easements (Electric Utility Easements).
4. Hold an executive session in accordance with the Texas Government Code, Section 551.074, to discuss personnel matters, the appointment, employment, evaluation or reassignment of the following:
5. Hold an executive session in accordance with Texas Government Code 551.074, to discuss personnel matters, regarding the duties, responsibilities, and/or appointments to the Electric Utility Board.
Adjourn from Executive Session
4:30 p.m. - City Council reconvenes in Open Session in City Council Chambers.
1. June 15, 2020 Special City Council Meeting - Electric Utility Board July 2, 2020 Special City Council Meeting - Electric Utility Board July 14, 2020 Regular City Council Meeting
1. Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance No. 2020-O00097, Amendment 29, amending the FY 2019-20 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Grant Fund to accept and appropriate funding from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) and Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and for Community Services Block Grant State Discretionary Funds Grant Program; and respecting the operating budget for Market Lubbock, Inc. (MLI) - Lubbock Convention and Visitors Bureau (Visit Lubbock), and MLI - Lubbock Sports Authority; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.
2. Budget Ordinance Amendment - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance Amendment 30, amending the FY 2019-20 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Grant Fund to accept and appropriate funding from the Texas Department of State Health Services for COVID-19 Grant Program; providing for filing; providing for a savings clause and providing for passage on first reading as an emergency.
3. Budget Ordinance Amendment - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance Amendment 31, amending the FY 2019-20 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the General Fund and the Capital Fund to establish Capital Improvement Project 92672, Parking Garage; amend Capital Improvement Project 92369, Municipal Facilities Replacements/Renovations, amend Capital Improvement Project 92551, Public Safety Improvements, providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.
4. Resolution - Purchasing and Contract Management: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Intergovermental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement 15427, with the State of Oklahoma’s Office of Management Enterprise Services (OMES), to provide savings on products purchased by governmental entities.
5. Ordinance 1st Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider an ordinance abandoning and closing a 50-foot wide temporary drainage easement located in Section 30, Block AK, Lubbock County, Texas, 7726 Milwaukee Avenue.
6. Ordinance 1st Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider an ordinance abandoning and closing a 64-foot drainage easement located in Section 10, Block JS, Lubbock County, Texas, east of 1111 Upland Avenue, for a new development.
7. Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 15325, with Red River Construction, Co., for the construction of the Southeast Water Reclamation Plant - Plant 3 Improvements.
8. Resolution - Public Health Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 364372, for the purchase of laboratory equipment and supplies from Cepheid, for the City of Lubbock Health Department, due to an emergency.
9. Resolution - Community Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Community Development Funding Contract 15412 and all related documents, with Catholic Charities, Diocese of Lubbock, for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES Act) (“CSBG-CV”) grant administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) to provide rental assistance to low-income households affected by COVID-19.
10. Resolution - Community Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Community Development Funding Contract 15414 and all related documents, with Lutheran Social Services of the South, Inc. (LSSS), for the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) and Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES Act) (“CEAP-CV”) grant administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), to provide immediate utility assistance to low-income persons and households affected by COVID-19.
11. Resolution - Community Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Community Development Funding Contract 15364 and all related documents, with Planks A/C - Heat, to provide CEAP Heating and Cooling Unit Services Repair or Replacement to qualified low-income persons and families through the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA).
12. Resolution - Aviation: Consider a resolution rejecting all bids for the Terminal Apron Rehabilitation Project at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.
14. Resolution - Public Transit Services: Consider a resolution ratifying the actions of the Chief Financial Officer in executing a FY 2018, 2019, and 2020 Federal Transit Administration Section 5310 Grant (TX-2020-139-00) for Citibus, to help enhance the mobility of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.
15. Resolution - Facilities Management: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 15255, with AMCO Electric, for minor electrical repair services needed in City facilities.
16. Resolution - Facilities Management: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 15231, with Meers Pest Solutions, for pest control services for various City facilities.
17. Resolution - Lubbock Power & Light: Consider a resolution approving the Electric Utility Easement from the High Plains Water Conservation District #1, consisting of 55 square feet, located at the north 3.92 feet of the west 7.13 feet of Lot Two (2), Block Twelve (12), and the north 3.92 feet of the east 6.87 feet of Lot Three (3), Block Twelve (12), Burleson and Osborn Addition to the City of Lubbock, according to the map, plat and/or dedicated deed thereof recorded in Volume 325, Page 297, Deed Records of Lubbock County, Texas, to the City of Lubbock and compensation of same.
18. Resolution - Lubbock Power & Light: Consider a resolution approving the Electric Utility Easement from 168 Chicago L.P., d/b/a/ “The Fountains”, consisting of a 0.1808 acre tract located in Tract “A”, Fountains Addition, described in Volume 1844, Page 730, Deed Records of Lubbock County, and Tract “A” Newman Addition, described in Volume 1323, Page 752, Deed Records of Lubbock County, to the City of Lubbock and compensation of same.
19. Resolutions - City Manager: Consider two resolutions authorizing the City Manager of the City of Lubbock to execute those certain Route Consent Agreements by and between the City of Lubbock and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, regarding the modification to the Wadsworth-New Oliver-Farmland 345 kV electric transmission line route approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“PUC”) in PUC Docket No. 48909, across two tracts of land: 1) the City of Lubbock’s South Water Treatment Plant, located in Section 72, Block S, T.T. R.R. Co. Survey, Abstract No. 1382, and being a part of a tract of land described in a General Warranty Deed and Assignment of Lease to the City of Lubbock, recorded in Document No. 2008038584 of the official public records of Lubbock County, Texas; and 2) the City of Lubbock’s Hancock Land Application Site, located in League 3, Wilson County School Land Survey, Abstract No. 112, Lynn County, Texas, and being a part of a tract of land described as Tract 3 in League 3 of Exhibit “A” in a General Warranty Deed to the City of Lubbock, recorded in Volume 327, Page 264, of the official public records of Lynn County, Texas.
21. Resolution - City Secretary: Consider a resolution adopting a voting system for use in any one or more elections ordered by the City of Lubbock, at all Early Voting and Election Day polling locations in Lubbock County.
23. Board Appointments - City Secretary: Consider a resolution confirming the City Manager's appointment of Jimmy Castillo to the Civil Service Commission.
6. Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning: Consider Ordinance No. 2020-O0099, for Zone Case 0744-A, a request of Hugo Reed and Associates, Inc. for Audrey Daniel, for a zone change to Light Manufacturing District (M-1) from Single-Family District (R-1) at 7404 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 1508 East 74th Street, located north of East 76th Street and west of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Trigg Heights Addition, Block 1, Lots 1 and 2.
7. Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning: Consider Ordinance No. 2020-O0100, for Zone Case 3412, a request of Hugo Reed and Associates, Inc. for Ford Development, for a zone change to Two-Family District (R-2) from Transition District (T), located north of Marsha Sharp Freeway and south of 50th Street, between Milwaukee Avenue and Upland Avenue, on 20.9 acres of unplatted land out of Block AK, Section 35.
8. Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning: Consider Ordinance No. 2020-O0101, for Zone Case 3413, a request of Stace Jones for Tom and Brenda Jones, for a zone change to Local Retail District (C-2) from High-Density Apartment District (A-2) and Two-Family District (R-2) at 2430, 2431, and 2434 25th Street, 2501, 2505, and 2509 University Avenue, 2433 26th Street, and 2430 and 2434 27th Street, located along the east side of University Avenue, extending from the north side of 25th Street to the north side of 27th Street, College Park Addition, Block 3, Lots 19-22, Wonderland Addition, Block 1, Lots 6-10 and Block 2, Lots 6-8, Deerwood Addition, Block 1, Lots 15-18.